Debating human rights : critical essays from the United States and Asia /

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Human rights debates can provoke strong reactions, particularly among people of different cultural backgrounds. The debate over Asian values and the use of human rights diplomacy are the most obvious manifestations of divisions between Asia and the West and reflect particular world views and histori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Van Ness, Peter, Aziz, Nikhil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Colección:Asia's transformations.
Temas:
Human rights.
Human rights > Asia.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Asie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Diplomatic relations.
United States > Foreign relations > Asia.
Asia > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Asie.
Asie > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
Asia.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Peter Van Ness
  • Part I. Issues in dispute
  • From human rights to human dignity / Chandra Muzaffar
  • The human rights debate in an era of globalization : hegemony of discourse / Nikhil Aziz
  • Asia as a fount of universal human rights / Edward Friedman
  • An Asian perspective on human rights and freedom of the press / Kishore Mahbubani
  • Part 2. Human rights in greater China
  • East meets West : human rights in Hong Kong / Linda Butenhoff
  • Developmentalism and China's human rights policy / Michael J. Sullivan
  • Human rights as identities : difference and discrimination in Taiwan's China policy / Shih Chih-yu
  • Part 3. Women's rights
  • Reinventing international law : women's rights as human rights in the international community / Radhika Coomaraswamy
  • From Vienna to Beijing : women's human rights activism and the human rights community / Manisha Desai
  • Part 4. Human rights and international relations
  • Human rights and development aid : Japan after the ODA Charter / Hoshino Eiichi
  • Human rights problems and current Sino-American relations / Zhu Feng
  • From judge to participant : the United States as champion of human rights / Daniel Wessner
  • Conclusion / Peter Van Ness.

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